When and Why You Should Transition to a Microservices Architecture
In recent years, microservices architecture has gained significant attention as a solution to the limitations often associated with monolithic systems. But what does it actually mean, and why has this architecture become such a popular choice? Fundamentally, a microservices architecture divides an application into a set of small deployable services. Each service is built to perform a single specific role and to interact with the rest using well-defined APIs.
This is quite different from the architecture of monolithic systems, in which all functionalities are tightly coupled and work as an integral unit. While monoliths are easier to develop and deploy at the beginning, their tightly coupled nature may result in challenges regarding scalability, maintainability, and development speed as the application grows. Microservices promote modularity and flexibility, thus being an attractive choice for organizations that...
